Ade Adepitan encourages a week-long wheelchair challenge
TV presenter Ade Adepitan has urged non-disabled individuals to experience life for a week blindfolded or in a wheelchair to ...
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Alberta VR Technology Supports Wheelchair Curlers Training for Paralympics
With less than nine weeks until the 2026 Paralympic Games in Italy, Canada’s wheelchair curling team is preparing to compete, ...
WheelMove Enhances Manual Wheelchairs for Rough Terrain
French startup WheelMove showcased a motorized wheelchair add-on at CES 2026, designed to enhance manual wheelchairs with a 10-inch wheel ...
Woman stranded on beach after wheelchair became stuck in sand
On Christmas Eve, a woman in Boltenhagen, Germany, became stranded in her 200kg wheelchair after it sank into the soft ...
Air NZ CEO apologizes after passenger removed from plane
A Kiwi traveller, Barb Saunders, received an apology from Air New Zealand's CEO after her booked Skycouch seat was canceled ...
Kiwi Teen Charlie Lane’s Recovery After Mt Ruapehu Ski Accident
A 13-year-old skier, Charlie Lane, has been hospitalized for nearly 11 weeks following a fall from a cliff while skiing ...
First wheelchair user in space aboard Blue Origin flight.
An engineer, Michaela Benthaus, became the first wheelchair user to travel to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin's New ...
Blue Origin sends wheelchair user to space for the first time.
Blue Origin made history by sending Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, a wheelchair user, past the Kármán line, 62 miles above Earth, ...
First wheelchair user to fly to space
Blue Origin will make history by sending the first person who uses a wheelchair, Michaela Benthaus, past the Kármán line ...
Man in wheelchair attacks Sainsbury’s security after theft
A 19-year-old man, Davey Brown, has been sentenced to over three years in prison after attempting to rob a Sainsbury’s ...
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